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To make bullets spin so they fly straight.
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A gun that fires a bullet along a spirally grooved barrel is called a what?
Long barreled gun, with grooves on the inside of barrel- is a rifle. Shorter version is a carbine. Handguns, such as pistols and revolvers also have grooved barrels.
Can a 22 caliber Arminius chrome revolver eight shot shoot a bullet with 6 lands and grooves?
Barrels have lands and grooves, not ammunition.
What are smooth bores?
Smooth bores are bores or barrels in guns that do not contain rifling. Rifling is made up of lands and grooves that cause the bullet to turn within the barrel of the gun. This turning gives the bullet and gun its accuracy. A smooth bore gun is much less accurate than a rifled bore gun.
Does the 50 caliber machine gun have a spiral barrel?
The barrel is straight. However, there are spiral grooves cut on the inside of the barrels. These spiral grooves, called rifling, make the bullet spin when it is fired. Just as a thrown football spins for an accurate throw, the spinning bullet makes for an accurate shot.
What is the gun with the spinning barrels called?
Gatling gun
How can you tell if 520 Stevens is a trench gun?
on the muzzle end of the barrel there will be 3 grooves for the handgaurd/extension, if the barrel is smooth on the outside with no grooves it is a riot gun.
What is different terms for rifling of a gun?
Lands and grooves.
What are the recessed areas in a gun barrel called?
Grooves
What is a gun with grooved barrel called?
Grooves on inside of the barrel= a RIFLED firearm- the grooves are known as rifling. Grooves on the outside of the barrel= fluting, done to reduce weight
What does rifling do to the bullet?
Rifling will leave grooves--impression in a bullet. These grooves can indicate the manufacturer of the gun that fired that bullet, AND, if there is a suspected gun in particular, microscopic variations can be used to confirm or refute that gun's involvement to a high degree of certainty.
What is gun barrel rifling?
Grooves cut into the inside of a gun barrel for the purpose of spinning the bullet when fired.
How many barrels did the gatling gun have?
The original Gatling gun had six to ten barrels which rotated and fired independently. This was one of the earliest machine guns made.
